Re: [Docutils-develop] Docutils 0.19 Release

[Adam T. <aat...@ou...>]

> Currently, several incompatible changes and removals are scheduled
> for the `minor` releases 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.
> This was done under the assumption that 1.0 will be released soon
> (after 0.18 or 0.19) and following the policy of warnings at least
> two minor releases before the actual change (as in :PEP:`387`).

[snip]

> I currently prefer a) as the alternative with smallest "surprise factor".

Postponing removals until 2.0 is probably the most pragmatic approach here (concurring with Günter on option (a)).

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